Genesis 24

Genesis 24:1←Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:2←Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 24:3←I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

Genesis 24:4←But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:5←The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

Genesis 24:6←Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.

Genesis 24:7←Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your offspring—he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 24:8←If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

Genesis 24:9←The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:10←The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:11←He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13←Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 24:14←Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

Genesis 24:15←Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:16←The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

Genesis 24:17←The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”

Genesis 24:18←She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24:19←When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”

Genesis 24:20←She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Genesis 24:21←The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

Genesis 24:22←As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

Genesis 24:23←and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”

Genesis 24:24←She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:25←She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”

Genesis 24:27←He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Genesis 24:28←The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.

Genesis 24:29←Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

Genesis 24:30←When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

Genesis 24:31←He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”

Genesis 24:32←The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

Genesis 24:33←Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” Laban said, “Speak on.”